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cathybruce208's review
4.0
I took this book with me over Thanksgiving vacation. It was a great refuge from the noise and chaos of the family. I loved Juliet and her little family. I wish I had a friend like her. The mystery was interesting, plus it featured lots of well-drawn supporting characters. I will definitely pick up more books by Ms. Waldman.
misstj9's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
arianappstrg's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
pussreboots's review
3.0
Looking strictly at how the clues are presented and what leads Juliet choses to follow, The Big Nap is structurally similar to [b:Hold The Cream Cheese, Kill The Lox|161509|Hold The Cream Cheese, Kill The Lox (Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife, #4)|Sharon Kahn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388357500l/161509._SY75_.jpg|155874] by Sharon Kahn (2002). Both rely on lengthy, expensive travel driven by vague red herrings. In both cases, the solution is at home with a solution obvious to the attentive reader.
http://pussreboots.com/blog/2021/comments_03/big_nap.html
http://pussreboots.com/blog/2021/comments_03/big_nap.html
northstar's review
3.0
This is a fun series--completely off-the-wall plots but a realistic character in Juliet Applebaum, a stay-at-home mom who solves mysteries in between her hilarious and honest observations of motherhood, breastfeeding and the quirks of preschoolers.
betsyellis's review
4.0
Waldman writes witty, smart, easy-to-read detective stories featuring Juliet Applebaum, an L.A. public defender turned stay-at-home mom. She constantly has a nursing baby stuck to her breast or is driving carpool as she tries to track down the clues in these mysteries. The one I read so far, “The Big Nap ,” involves the disappearance of a young Orthodox Jewish girl, which leads Juliet deep into a secretive Hasidic community in Brooklyn.
FYI: Ayelet Waldman is married to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon (“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay”), and I believe I read in a story about the two of them that she left a successful career to stay home with their small children, and started writing. So perhaps the main character is modeled after her?
FYI: Ayelet Waldman is married to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon (“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay”), and I believe I read in a story about the two of them that she left a successful career to stay home with their small children, and started writing. So perhaps the main character is modeled after her?